POLITICS - UK GOV - IMPACTS OF BREXIT

What did parliament do to ensure legal continuity

• all EU was incorporated into UK law

• parliament is able to ammend or repeal such law

what signalled the restoration of parliamentary sovereignty

the uk is no longer bound by ECJ rulings

cases like factortame which overulled uk law can no longer happen

what happened in the factortame case

a spanish fishing company wanted to register its boats as british so it could fish in UK waters, government tried to block this with legislation but was overulled by ECJ

how did immigration change

• eu citizens no longer had the right to work in the UK

• switched to a points based immigration system

• however immigration has increased heavily , mostly from non eu countries

• in year ending june 2024 net immigration was over 700k

how did trade policy change

• negotiated several new trade deals , japan, australia

whats the northern ireland protocol

part of the UK’s withdrawal agreement that adresses the NI/ROI border

the protocol meant that whilst retaining being part of the UK , NI still had accsess to the EU single market

why do the DUP not like the protocol

they believe it undermines northern irelands place in the union

what are the issues over soctland and the EU

Scotland overwhelmingly voted to stay in the EU

SNP argues scotland taken out of the EU against its will

Uses as grounds for a second indep referendum

why did people say the judicary was politicised over brexit

the two gina miller cases 2017 (brexit must pass parliamnet) and 2019 (BJ suspending parliament)

jury sided with her both times leading to accusations of bias

arguments EU democratic

• EU parliament directly elected by citizens

argument EU is undemocratic

• EU Commision unelected

• can overrule national governments - making the democratic process in that country flawed

what is meant by the UK is a unitary state

sovereignty is centralized in a single place - parliament

arguments sovereignty has move away from parliament

• referendums, disparity between ppl brexit vote and mp brexit vote

• devolution , becoming quasi (like) federal state

• royal preorgatives , PMs own powers